Vostrovky
If you live in a city, it's hard to imagine the smell of dry hay on a hot summer day. It smells like... a promise of things being good...
The partisans' hideouts
During long and warm summers we often took walks along the road, that one road that leads to Zboj, the village next to mine. Just a short...
A Christmas dinner
24th December or, until lately, 6th January (according to the Julian calendar) has been a very special celebration for us, the Rusyns. It...
Opekachka
Now, I know that barbecue is as super-popular as ever. I mean - who doesn't love the grill! But when I was little, we did things a bit...
Helping Grandma "v korchmi"
Obviously, this photograph is new - when my grandma worked there, first in the shop and then as the owner of the pub ("korchma"), the...
Swimming in the river
The summers in the north-east didn't use to be very hot, but hot enough. So we would often swim in the river that runs through the whole...